Steinberg is ready to take Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour player Brandel Chamblee to court. Chamblee wrote in an article for Golf.com that Woods "was a little cavalier with the rules" this season.

Woods was penalized two strokes at the Abu Dhabi Championship in January and at the BMW Championship in September. He also was in the middle of a rules controversy at The Players Championship in May.

Golf's honor code demands that players call penalties on themselves.

All of which leads us back to Steinberg.

"There's nothing you can call a golfer worse than a cheater," he said in a statement to ESPN. "This is the most deplorable thing I have seen. I'm not one for hyperbole, but (ed.: hyperbole alert) this is absolutely disgusting. Calling him a cheater? I'll be shocked, stunned if something is not done about this. Something has to be done.

"Three are certainly things that just don't go without response. It's atrocious. I'm not sure if there isn't legal action to be taken. I have to give some thought to legal action."

Then, more hyperbole:

"This is, 'Hey, look at me,' in its lowest form. Brandel Chamblee's comments are shameful, baseless and completely out of line. In his rulings, Tiger voiced his position, accepted his penalty and moved on. There was no intention to deceive anyone. Chamblee's uninformed and malicious opinions, passed on as facts, and his desperate attempt to garner attention, is deplorable."